Onley v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation case the only issue presented at trial and on appeal is the determination of the appropriate scheduled member involved in a compensa-ble injury and the extent of disability thereof.

There is no dispute as to the material facts, and the issue revolves primarily around the interpretation of a deposition given by an orthopedic surgeon, the only medical witness to testify.

The injured employee, appellant here, sustained a severe comminuted fracture of the first metacarpal bone in his left hand when he was involved in an industrial accident…